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[ubuntu] fingerprint reader doesn't unlock encrypted home folder on log in

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I just set up the fingerprint reader, which is pretty cool, but I have an encrypted home directory which it does not unlock when I log in, so I still have to manually enter my password. Is there a setting to fix this? Also, there's a little graphic that comes up when I'm prompted for my password/fingerprint ... it looks terrible. Is there a way to change the graphic to a simple icon (that matches the system icons) or something? (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 08/26/2012

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Hello everyone.

After reading a guide on my laptop built-in fingerprint reader and how to get it to work, I am having troubles.

http://www.aldeby.org/blog/howto-ubu.../9#fingerprint

Running Ubuntu 9.10

So I installed libpam-fprint, fprint-demo, libfprint-dev, etc..

Enrolled fingerprint..

Added the following 2 lines to /etc/pam.d/common-auth

Code: auth sufficient pam_fprint.so

I've followed just about every fprint guide I can find, but my fingerprint reader on my HP dm4-3090se still does not work. The driver cannot be found.

Is there no compatible driver for the AES2665 fingerprint reader?

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04, and I'm having some password issues. Both my fingerprint reader and my password appear to be non functional. Every time I swipe my finger, it says "NOT IDENTIFIED" and when I enter my password, it says it's incorrect. The first thing I tried to fix this is resetting it through the recovery console. This did not help.

I have my home folder encrypted. If I change my login password with the passwd command, do I need to change anything else for the encrypted home folder to still work properly?

Also, if I need to access the encrypted directory manually later on (from a liveCD, putting the HDD in another machine, etc.), do I need to use the login password or the passphrase to get into it?

Hi all,I have a new HP dv6 with a fingerprint reader from Validity Sensors. Me, and a lot of other HP owners are unable to use the fingerprint reader, because there are no linux drivers for it (even fprint wouldn't recognize it).Now, the Validity sensor website has provided a linux setup for the reader, but it is only in rpm.

I've got a new laptop which is Lenove's E420s. And I have encountered a big problem that I can't make the fingerprint reader work properly.

I've also tried fingerprint-gui.

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any help would be much appreciated!

I have followed the tutorial on the Arch Wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fingerprint-gui) to enable fingerprint authentication using the fingerprint-gui, changing the files /etc/pam.d/sudo and /etc/pam.d/su as described.su is working fine with fingerprint, however when I try to use sudo, first it prompts for a password, like this:"Password:"Then if you type anything, it asks f